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Surgery Training Platform ‘Osso VR’ Now Used by 1,000 Surgeons Monthly

Road to VR

The company says that leading hospitals using the platform include Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Hospital for Special Surgery, Marshall University, Newcastle Simulation Centre, The University of Hawaii, UCLA, University of Washington, Wake Forest Baptiste Health, University of Kentucky, University of Utah, and New York University.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

Road to VR

Released in an August 12th update, Google has added a new menu function that lets you activate Monday’s total solar eclipse, which can be seen as it passed through 14 US states: Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

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Funding Roundup: NextVR Raises $80M Series B, Owlchemy Labs.

AllThingsVR

NextVR has raised $80 million in Series B funding to expand its platform that has broadcast events, including a Coldplay concert, presidential debates and the Kentucky Derby, in virtual reality. Funding Roundup: NextVR Raises $80M Series B, Owlchemy Labs Raises $5M & TheWaveVR’ Raises $2.5M Investors include China Assets Holdings Ltd.,

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The Creepiest VR Job Training Sim Ever! – KFC’s The Hard Way

VR Spies

OK… so this has to be the creepiest job training sim that I have ever seen.Some of you might remember that a while ago there was some buzz in the press that KFC had released a Virtual Reality training simulation for new employees to teach them the basics of making Original Recipe chicken.

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Over 20 Use Cases of Smart Glasses, VR Headsets, and Smartwatches at Airports

EnterpriseWear

Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG), which sees 6.7 Philippine Airlines is applying the technology to cabin crew training, which, unlike flight simulators, has evolved very little over the years. The first batch of cabin crew trainees to use VR are now being deployed to select craft.

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EON Reality recognized as Top 100 Company Supporting Education Excellence by OCBJ and IPSF

EON Reality

EON Reality combines Virtual Reality Simulation Based Learning, Augmented Reality Knowledge Injection, and an Enterprise Platform that allows for rapid development, deployment, and adoption. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe.

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Top XR Stories of 2019

Tech Trends VR

One of the incubator’s projects “ Death is Only the Beginning ” even went as far as simulating a near-death experience, and was subsequently adapted for use with palliative care patients. Immersive Masterpiece.